Re: [Mplayerplug-in-devel] caching problem

Ok, I found and fixed the nomediacache option with file:// urls. I have just
commited it to CVS and the fix should be available in about 2 hours.
Kevin
On Friday 24 September 2004 07:38 am, Kevin DeKorte wrote:
> Georgi,
>
> Ah! Now that I know what you are doing I can duplicate some of the error. I
> can duplicate the nomediacache issue. I will work on fixing that.
>
> As for the buffering issue. I played a 144MB video off my hard drive with
> the cachesize=1024 and nomediacache=0 and it did cache the whole file. When
> it caching it is copying the file to the local cache. So performance of
> your IO system of your machine can really affect this.
>
> But anyway I'll be able see what I can do to correct this.
>
> Kevin
>
> On Friday 24 September 2004 01:13 am, Georgi Alexandrov wrote:
> > Carlos Knowlton wrote:
> > > Are you saying the option is being ignored in the release, or CVS, or
> > > both? "nomediacache" is a pretty cool option, but I know of some
> > > limitations from my own experience. I have been unable to get it to
> > > work on embedded MPEG files streamed from an Apache 1.x server. I
> > > don't know if the same is true for other media types or web servers.
> > > However, it works great with media streamed from Apache 2.x. I don't
> > > know why the web server version should even matter, but apparently it
> > > does. I hope we can find an answer to this one.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Carlos
> > >
> > > Georgi Alexandrov wrote:
> > >> hello ;-)
> > >> i'm using Mozilla Firefox 0.10, tried the latest stable
> > >> mplayerplug-in, now i'm using the cvs version.
> > >> The problem: whatever options i specify in /etc/mplayerplug-in.conf
> > >> when i play a movie it caches all the time and the movie plays slow,
> > >> the hdd is blinking constantly, when i specify nomediacache=1 the
> > >> movie won't start at all.
> > >> I've read trough the mailing list archive but i didn't found the same
> > >> problem.
> > >>
> > >> thanks in advance,
> > >> Georgi Alexandrov
> > >>
> > >>
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> > well, actually i'm trying to play from my local hard drive, the link is:
> > file:///path/to/movie.avi (600-700mb)
> > when nomediacache=1 it won't play at all, when nomediacache=0 it will
> > play but will buffer ..forever, hdd blinking constantly and movie played
> > slow.
> >
> >
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hello ;-)
i'm using Mozilla Firefox 0.10, tried the latest stable mplayerplug-in,
now i'm using the cvs version.
The problem: whatever options i specify in /etc/mplayerplug-in.conf when
i play a movie it caches all the time and the movie plays slow, the hdd
is blinking constantly, when i specify nomediacache=1 the movie won't
start at all.
I've read trough the mailing list archive but i didn't found the same
problem.
thanks in advance,
Georgi Alexandrov

Are you saying the option is being ignored in the release, or CVS, or
both? "nomediacache" is a pretty cool option, but I know of some
limitations from my own experience. I have been unable to get it to
work on embedded MPEG files streamed from an Apache 1.x server. I don't
know if the same is true for other media types or web servers. However,
it works great with media streamed from Apache 2.x. I don't know why
the web server version should even matter, but apparently it does. I
hope we can find an answer to this one.
Best Regards,
Carlos
Georgi Alexandrov wrote:
> hello ;-)
> i'm using Mozilla Firefox 0.10, tried the latest stable
> mplayerplug-in, now i'm using the cvs version.
> The problem: whatever options i specify in /etc/mplayerplug-in.conf
> when i play a movie it caches all the time and the movie plays slow,
> the hdd is blinking constantly, when i specify nomediacache=1 the
> movie won't start at all.
> I've read trough the mailing list archive but i didn't found the same
> problem.
>
> thanks in advance,
> Georgi Alexandrov
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
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Georgi,
Ok here are a couple of things to try. I'm guessing you are on a slow link,
like dialup? Or you are behind a proxy?
in mplayerplug-in.conf try the following settings
cachesize=2048
nomediacache=1
or
cache-percent=100
Kevin
On Thursday 23 September 2004 02:59 am, Georgi Alexandrov wrote:
> hello ;-)
> i'm using Mozilla Firefox 0.10, tried the latest stable mplayerplug-in,
> now i'm using the cvs version.
> The problem: whatever options i specify in /etc/mplayerplug-in.conf when
> i play a movie it caches all the time and the movie plays slow, the hdd
> is blinking constantly, when i specify nomediacache=1 the movie won't
> start at all.
> I've read trough the mailing list archive but i didn't found the same
> problem.
>
> thanks in advance,
> Georgi Alexandrov
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170
> Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on
> who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM.
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> _______________________________________________
> Mplayerplug-in-devel mailing list
> Mplayerplug-in-devel@...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayerplug-in-devel

Carlos Knowlton wrote:
> Are you saying the option is being ignored in the release, or CVS, or
> both? "nomediacache" is a pretty cool option, but I know of some
> limitations from my own experience. I have been unable to get it to
> work on embedded MPEG files streamed from an Apache 1.x server. I
> don't know if the same is true for other media types or web servers.
> However, it works great with media streamed from Apache 2.x. I don't
> know why the web server version should even matter, but apparently it
> does. I hope we can find an answer to this one.
>
> Best Regards,
> Carlos
>
> Georgi Alexandrov wrote:
>
>> hello ;-)
>> i'm using Mozilla Firefox 0.10, tried the latest stable
>> mplayerplug-in, now i'm using the cvs version.
>> The problem: whatever options i specify in /etc/mplayerplug-in.conf
>> when i play a movie it caches all the time and the movie plays slow,
>> the hdd is blinking constantly, when i specify nomediacache=1 the
>> movie won't start at all.
>> I've read trough the mailing list archive but i didn't found the same
>> problem.
>>
>> thanks in advance,
>> Georgi Alexandrov
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170
>> Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on
>> who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM.
>> Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mplayerplug-in-devel mailing list
>> Mplayerplug-in-devel@...
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayerplug-in-devel
>
>
>
>
well, actually i'm trying to play from my local hard drive, the link is:
file:///path/to/movie.avi (600-700mb)
when nomediacache=1 it won't play at all, when nomediacache=0 it will
play but will buffer ..forever, hdd blinking constantly and movie played
slow.

Georgi,
Ah! Now that I know what you are doing I can duplicate some of the error. I
can duplicate the nomediacache issue. I will work on fixing that.
As for the buffering issue. I played a 144MB video off my hard drive with the
cachesize=1024 and nomediacache=0 and it did cache the whole file. When it
caching it is copying the file to the local cache. So performance of your IO
system of your machine can really affect this.
But anyway I'll be able see what I can do to correct this.
Kevin
On Friday 24 September 2004 01:13 am, Georgi Alexandrov wrote:
> Carlos Knowlton wrote:
> > Are you saying the option is being ignored in the release, or CVS, or
> > both? "nomediacache" is a pretty cool option, but I know of some
> > limitations from my own experience. I have been unable to get it to
> > work on embedded MPEG files streamed from an Apache 1.x server. I
> > don't know if the same is true for other media types or web servers.
> > However, it works great with media streamed from Apache 2.x. I don't
> > know why the web server version should even matter, but apparently it
> > does. I hope we can find an answer to this one.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Carlos
> >
> > Georgi Alexandrov wrote:
> >> hello ;-)
> >> i'm using Mozilla Firefox 0.10, tried the latest stable
> >> mplayerplug-in, now i'm using the cvs version.
> >> The problem: whatever options i specify in /etc/mplayerplug-in.conf
> >> when i play a movie it caches all the time and the movie plays slow,
> >> the hdd is blinking constantly, when i specify nomediacache=1 the
> >> movie won't start at all.
> >> I've read trough the mailing list archive but i didn't found the same
> >> problem.
> >>
> >> thanks in advance,
> >> Georgi Alexandrov
> >>
> >>
> >> -------------------------------------------------------
> >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170
> >> Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on
> >> who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM.
> >> Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Mplayerplug-in-devel mailing list
> >> Mplayerplug-in-devel@...
> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayerplug-in-devel
>
> well, actually i'm trying to play from my local hard drive, the link is:
> file:///path/to/movie.avi (600-700mb)
> when nomediacache=1 it won't play at all, when nomediacache=0 it will
> play but will buffer ..forever, hdd blinking constantly and movie played
> slow.
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170
> Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on
> who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM.
> Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php
> _______________________________________________
> Mplayerplug-in-devel mailing list
> Mplayerplug-in-devel@...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayerplug-in-devel

Ok, I found and fixed the nomediacache option with file:// urls. I have just
commited it to CVS and the fix should be available in about 2 hours.
Kevin
On Friday 24 September 2004 07:38 am, Kevin DeKorte wrote:
> Georgi,
>
> Ah! Now that I know what you are doing I can duplicate some of the error. I
> can duplicate the nomediacache issue. I will work on fixing that.
>
> As for the buffering issue. I played a 144MB video off my hard drive with
> the cachesize=1024 and nomediacache=0 and it did cache the whole file. When
> it caching it is copying the file to the local cache. So performance of
> your IO system of your machine can really affect this.
>
> But anyway I'll be able see what I can do to correct this.
>
> Kevin
>
> On Friday 24 September 2004 01:13 am, Georgi Alexandrov wrote:
> > Carlos Knowlton wrote:
> > > Are you saying the option is being ignored in the release, or CVS, or
> > > both? "nomediacache" is a pretty cool option, but I know of some
> > > limitations from my own experience. I have been unable to get it to
> > > work on embedded MPEG files streamed from an Apache 1.x server. I
> > > don't know if the same is true for other media types or web servers.
> > > However, it works great with media streamed from Apache 2.x. I don't
> > > know why the web server version should even matter, but apparently it
> > > does. I hope we can find an answer to this one.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Carlos
> > >
> > > Georgi Alexandrov wrote:
> > >> hello ;-)
> > >> i'm using Mozilla Firefox 0.10, tried the latest stable
> > >> mplayerplug-in, now i'm using the cvs version.
> > >> The problem: whatever options i specify in /etc/mplayerplug-in.conf
> > >> when i play a movie it caches all the time and the movie plays slow,
> > >> the hdd is blinking constantly, when i specify nomediacache=1 the
> > >> movie won't start at all.
> > >> I've read trough the mailing list archive but i didn't found the same
> > >> problem.
> > >>
> > >> thanks in advance,
> > >> Georgi Alexandrov
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -------------------------------------------------------
> > >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170
> > >> Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement
> > >> on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM.
> > >> Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >> Mplayerplug-in-devel mailing list
> > >> Mplayerplug-in-devel@...
> > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayerplug-in-devel
> >
> > well, actually i'm trying to play from my local hard drive, the link is:
> > file:///path/to/movie.avi (600-700mb)
> > when nomediacache=1 it won't play at all, when nomediacache=0 it will
> > play but will buffer ..forever, hdd blinking constantly and movie played
> > slow.
> >
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170
> > Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on
> > who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM.
> > Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php
> > _______________________________________________
> > Mplayerplug-in-devel mailing list
> > Mplayerplug-in-devel@...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayerplug-in-devel
>
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